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Saturday, October 12, 2013

Village update: The potential for Fire Station Land; new green space and new homeowners coming to Palmetto Bay – on the site of the former Cutler Power plant

New neighbors in our near future? August 10,
2013: FPL's Cutler plant demolished. It was one heck of a morning wake up call.
So when will us regular Palmetto Bay residents be brought up to date on the FPL
plans for this location?

Look for
homes to go into this site.FPL is
investigating selling off much of the property to be platted into homes, but retaining
part of the property for the FPL power substation.

My
suggestion is for the village to negotiate in good faith with FPL and work to
obtain two things; land for the fire station as well as land for public green
space. What about the existing picnic/party pavilion and BOAT RAMP! Exciting opportunities abound.

Maybe it is time for a scaled public master plan process for this area.

I would
suggest that Palmetto Bay’s leadership notify neighbors and bring them in early
to work out in advance any issues on fire station or park rather than creating
last-minute controversy.Be inclusive; don’t
play this too close to the vest – let potential neighbors in on the plans
earlier and work to gain support rather than subject them to surprise.

Palmetto
Bay now has jurisdiction over the FPL site. Original County-imposed
restrictions mandated into Palmetto Bay's Charter divested jurisdiction over the site so long as it was used as a
power plant. It is no longer a power generating plant and, therefore, the
restrictions no longer apply.This is a
good opportunity for this current Palmetto Bay council.

Still
worth watching:CLICK HERE to watch the channel
10 video of the final downfall of the Cutler Power plant located off Ludlum
Rad, between 136 and 152 Streets.The
plant was first operational in 1949, but has been obsolete for years.It is a landmark that won't be missed.

No way. You have to be kidding. The power plant generated zero traffic. It was a very quiet neighbor for the last few years. The schools on both Ludlum and Coral Reef Drive shut both those streets down at start and dismissal times. Even just 50 new homes will add more traffic. Obviously we need to sell now as those of us who thought we were buying into a quiet oasis are now going to be thrust into the next Deering Estate high rise development.

so much for a quiet neighborhood. I moved here several years ago to get away from the craziness, now with the help of pinecrest and palmetto bay, they will surely try to turn our oasis into a highly congested area. municipalities have been trying for years to acquire land to build huge parks with bright lights (Bird Road tropical park style) [[[Grrreeeeat- UGH!]]] by piggy backing in the proposal of building an additional fire station. some of our properties lie on or near bird sanctuaries, not to mention the countless wildlife, some categorized as protected and then there's the native protected and endangered plants and trees. who's going to protect those? let's have some respect for nature people, it's all we have left, we live in such an amazing place where our kids can actually plan on the streets without the threat of running into the "traffic". Personally I am disappointed that FPL has decided to sell after they flat out told us there were turning the property into Green Space AND had NO intention to sell.

Another black point marina would fit well there! Or perhaps another landfill? Close to the water just like Black Point. Yes, lets ruin the serenity that FPL provided the area for years and conserve it by developing it.